Hunting Wild Grasses

DATE 09|2003

Infrared photographs Hunting Wild Grasses is an ongoing series of photographs, taken in Britain and abroad, of common grasses found in cities and rural undergrowth. Despite their mundanity, these grasses are surprisingly overlooked, even unknown 1. ... Some 3,600 images taken with macro lenses and infrared film 2 are presented as a visual orchestration, supplemented with the subtle smell of apples pervading the space.

1. It is estimated there are about 620 genera and 10,000 species of grasses throughout the world. Of these, only 54 genera and between 150 and 160 species are indigenous to or naturalized in the British Isles. JCE Hubbard.

2. Infrared is capable of reading up to 1.1 nanometres – a scale of observation far beyond the human capacity of 700 nanometres.

Presented at:

> VTO Gallery, London,